Apr 28, 2014
Close to 100 community, faith, and labor leaders gathered together yesterday to honor workers who have passed and those who work under dangerous conditions as a tribute to Workers Memorial Day. Construction workers, plumbers, room attendants, and others told their stories and shared the realities they face every day of dangers on the job. From having to lift heavy mattresses to…
Apr 28, 2014
Santa Clara County Help for San Jose P.D. County Supervisors will accept a report relating to temporary support from the Office of the Sheriff for the City of San Jose. In response to Supervisor Cortese’s referral to the Board of Supervisors, on April 16, the Sheriff’s Office met with the Chief of the San Jose Police Department and a representative…
Apr 25, 2014
This week’s whopper is found in a column titled “The High Cost of Liberalism” by Thomas Sowell that is dated 4/22/14 and included in the Real Clear Politics website. Sowell argues that among these high costs is the exorbitant price of housing in Palo Alto and San Francisco. Liberalism is the culprit because that ideology prohibits development of “vast amounts…
Apr 24, 2014
In May 1886 immigrant workers joined with American born workers to call for an eight hour day. They demanded a measure of justice. They wanted some fair share of the great wealth their work produced for the industrialist millionaire “Robber Barons,” the ruling class 1% of the day. When they called a strike and picketed they were shot and killed.…
Apr 23, 2014
By now you’ve probably seen the headlines about the Obama administration’s outrageous record of deporting immigrants for committing minor offenses. You may be wondering why you should care that well over a million undocumented immigrants have been deported for nothing more serious than a minor traffic violation or misdemeanor. Here’s why: This is a family issue. Tweet
Apr 22, 2014
Sometimes politics is described as a pendulum swinging back and forth: one side may be very successful for a while, but eventually political momentum tends to swing back the other way. At the City of San Jose in recent years, the pendulum has swung very far in the pro pension-reform direction. There has been a sense among pension reform advocates…
Apr 21, 2014
When your house is on fire and somebody offers their water to help, it is wise to accept. No reasonable person would reject such assistance. But that is exactly what Mayor Chuck Reed did to Supervisor Dave Cortese’s proposal to help stem the crime rate in San Jose using Sheriff’s deputies to temporarily augment an understaffed and demoralized San Jose Police Department. Reed didn’t…
Apr 18, 2014
This week’s whopper appears in a San Jose Inside column by Josh Koehn which discusses the recommendation by county staff that Measure A funds be allocated to the Healthier Kids Foundation, headed by Kathleen King. Noting that King played a significant role in the campaign to pass Measure A, Koehn asks – coincidence or kickback? A kickback? Webster defines a…
Apr 17, 2014
This is an exciting time for women’s health care. More than 9 million people now have access to health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act, with close to a quarter of those being women who were previously uninsured. Despite the rocky launch of the federal website to sign up for insurance, that total is expected to rise significantly with the enrollment…
Apr 15, 2014
The political action committee supporting Kevin Jensen for Sheriff can’t seem to get it right. First they appeared to have violated campaign contribution laws . Now – believe it or not — they have sent out a mailer that appears to be an invitation to identity theft. Tweet